Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge About Cancer-related Pain Management

A Theory Based Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge Concerning Cancer-related Pain Management: A Study Protocol of a Quasi-experimental Study Design

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01313234

Enrollment

Registered

2011-03-11

Start date

2011-04-30

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2013-01-08

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Conditions

Neoplasms

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an intervention consisting of the implementation of guidelines about daily systematic pain assessment following a theory based education, targeting cancer-related pain and pain treatment, lead to a significantly positive improvement in RNs knowledge of, and attitudes towards their pain management. Furthermore will the interventions targeting the RNs influence the admitted patient's perception of their cancer-related pain?

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEducation

Theory based education and systematic daily assessment

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Cancer diagnosis * Aged 18 years and above * Cognitively intact and able to verbally communicate * At admission pain intensity \>1 on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Exclusion criteria

* Trauma or planned and/or acute surgery.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change from baseline of the total score of Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain	Measurement will occur at first session of the educational intervention and 2 and 6 weeks after	Nurses attitude and knowledge as measured by a modified version of the instrument: Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change from Baseline - Brief Pain Inventory, Short Form (BPI-SF)	Measurement will occur at admission of the patient and at discharge from the hospital. Estimated average time period from admission to discharge is 2 weeks	BPI-SF is a pain-assessment instrument developed for cancer patient. The instrument consists of nine items, and a figure depicting a human body where the patient marks position and type of pain. BPI-SF includes items concerning the degree of pain right now, pain during the last day and pain on average as well as items concerning effect of pain treatment, walking ability, mood, work, relationships and if sleep are affected by pain.

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026